¹⁴ The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?^(A)
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”^(B)

⁸ In the whole land—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds^[a] will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.